If the Shoe Fits: Whatever After, Book 2

This second audiobook in Sarah Mlynowski's charming new series puts a fresh spin on the Cinderella story! Once upon a time my brother and I found a magic mirror. Tonight the mirror swept us into Cinderella's fairy tale. Now, we are not messing this story up. No way. Cinderella is going to marry her prince just like she's supposed to. Uh-oh. Cinderella broke her foot and there's massive swelling. The glass slipper won't fit, the prince won't know she's the one for him, and they won't live happily ever after. And it's all our fault!

Sink or Swim: Whatever After, Book 3

Splash! This time, Abby's magic mirror sucks her into the tale of the Little Mermaid. Abby and her little brother Jonah get pulled through the mirror in their basement again - into the story of the Little Mermaid! Talk about being a fish out of water! Abby and Jonah are not in their element in this underwater world. And when they accidentally mess up the Little Mermaid's story, they must figure out a way to restore her happy ending. A hilarious, fractured-fairy-tale adventure under the sea.

Dream On: Whatever After, Book 4

My friend Robin and I were going to have the best sleepover ever. We'd stay up late, eat s'mores, share secrets - and not knock on my magic mirror. I was not getting pulled into another fairy tale. But the mirror still ends up pulling me and my brother, Jonah, into Sleeping Beauty's story - and this time, Robin comes with us, too! When Robin pricks her finger on the spindle, I know we're in trouble.

Whatever After #5: Bad Hair Day

In this magical fifth installment of the hit series, siblings Abby and Jonah fall into the fairy tale of Rapunzel... and hilarity ensues! Fractured fairy tales are all the rage, and this series has been a huge hit! This time, the magic mirror sucks Abby and Jonah into the story of Rapunzel. When the siblings get the famous tale all tangled up, they have to find a way to set things right... with hilarious results! With quick thinking and a bit of magic, can Abby and Jonah turn this bad hair day around?

Fairest of All: Whatever After, Book 1

In this fresh, funny new middle grade series, best-selling YA author Sarah Mlynowski writes for a younger audience for the first time! In each audiobook, Abby and her younger brother Jonah visit the magic mirror in their basement at night, and the mirror transports them inside a different fairy tale. In the first magical adventure, Abby and Jonah find themselves tangled in Snow White's story. Once there, they accidentally change key events in the tale! In order for Snow White to get her happy ending, it's up to Abby and Jonah to make things right.

Cold as Ice: Whatever After, Book 6

The magical sixth installment in Sarah Mlynowski's megahit series Whatever After! Fractured fairy tales are all the rage, and this series has been a huge hit! This time, Abby and Jonah are on a quest to find The Snow Queen in order to save someone from being frozen! Hijinks and hilarity ensue once again in this sweet, charming, and enchanting series.

Beauty Queen: Whatever After, Book 7

This time the magic mirror sucks Abby and Jonah into the story of
Beauty and the Beast. When the siblings accidentally mess up this enchanting and magical tale, hijinks and hilarity ensue...and things get pretty ugly!

Once upon a Frog: Whatever After, Book 8

Siblings Abby and Jonah are in for a surprise when the magic mirror in their basement pulls them into the classic story of "The Frog Prince". Abby knows how the tale goes: The princess kisses the frog, and he transforms into a handsome prince. Right?
Wrong. Turns out the princess is spoiled and mean and wants nothing to do with the kindly little frog. It's up to Abby and Jonah to help their new friend, the frog, while also making sure the story doesn't spin out of control.

Genie in a Bottle: Whatever After, Book 9

In this enchanting ninth installment, the siblings fall into the story of Aladdin. They're excited to be in this world of magic carpets and genies...but making three wishes isn't so easy, and soon hilarities and hijinks ensue! These books are feminist fairy tales for a new generation.

Abby in Wonderland: Whatever After: Special Edition

I'm spending the day with my best friends, Frankie and Robin, and - ugh - snobby Penny. I'm not expecting anything magical to happen, until Frankie falls into a mysterious hole behind Penny's house...and we all wind up in the story of
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland! I've visited fairytales before. But, in Wonderland, everything is topsy-turvy. There are potions that make you grow, cakes that make you shrink, bossy caterpillars, and a horrible Queen of Hearts who wants to put us on trial.

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How is this book different from the rest in the series?

"In Abby in Wonderland, for the first time, Abby falls into a novel instead of a fairy tale. Also, Abby usually falls into the fairy tales with her brother Jonah—this time, she falls into Wonderland with her two best friends and one frenemy. The special edition is also longer than my other Whatever Afters and includes extras like writing prompts and a Q and A." --Sarah Mlynowski

Audible: Whatever After is a perfect blend of fairy tale and “real life” where regular kids fall into a fairy tale and become part of the story. What is it about this melding of fantasy and realism that appeals to you as a writer?
Sarah Mlynowski: Thank you! I have always loved fairy tales and magic. Growing up, my favorite story was “Cinderella” and my favorite movies were The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars. But I was always interested in how magic could affect the real world. I tried to use “The Force” to open and close my blinds. I clicked my heels together three times and made wishes. And I wondered what I would do if they actually came true. The first stories I wrote were about regular girls who could fly, or who had magic forks that turned vegetables into chocolate. Whatever After is about a regular girl who happens to find a magic mirror in her basement that takes her into fairy tales. I think all novels are inspired by the question: what if? My “what if” just usually involves magic.

A: Your fractured fairy tales definitely emphasize girl power more than the original stories do. Why is it important to you that your version of the tale has a feminist twist? SM: I have two daughters. And when I started reading them fairy tales—the fairy tales I loved as a kid and still find magical—the endings gave me pause. Snow White needs a guy to bring her back to life, a prince is Cinderella’s only way out of a horrible living situation, and the Little Mermaid literally gives up her tail, her tongue, her home, her family, and ultimately her LIFE for a guy...who doesn’t even choose her! So I decided to give the princesses new happy endings. Sometimes they get married. Sometimes they open a bakery, earn their own money, move out of their stepmom’s dusty attic, and rent their own apartment.

A: You read all of your books to your daughter before they are published. What part of Abby in Wonderland got the strongest reaction from her?
SM: The pig baby. Definitely the pig baby. My daughter Chloe—like Abby—was totally freaked out by the pig baby.

A: We love Emily Eiden’s performance as your long-standing series narrator. Were you involved in her casting?
SM: She’s amazing. I can take no credit for casting her! She recently came to one of my events in Los Angeles. I was super-self-conscious about reading with her in the audience because she is so much better at it than I am! Emily brings so much hilarity and warmth to the series and I am lucky that she has been a part of Whatever After since the beginning.

Will there be other Special Editions set in other stories? Can you give us any clues about what stories to look forward to next?
SM: Yes! Nothing is set in stone, but I have ideas for Oz and Neverland.

A: What books meant the most to you as a child and why?
SM: I worshiped everything Judy Blume wrote. Superfudge was comedy gold, and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was the first book I read that told me that the female experience—my experience—was worth writing about. But reading This Can’t Be Happening at MacDonald Hall was life-changing for me. The author, Gordon Korman, is Canadian like me! Plus MacDonald Hall was published when he was fourteen, and Gordon came to my school to talk about it. That’s when I realized that authors were real people, and that I could maybe, if I was lucky, be one too.

A: What books are you and your daughters loving these days?
SM: My eight-year-old loves the Anna Banana series by Anica Mrose Rissi. The books are super-cute friendship stories that are perfect for second and third graders. My four-year-old is obsessed with the Dragons Love Tacos books. She laughs hysterically at every reading. Plus, the books inspired her to try tacos! (She is the world’s pickiest eater so this was a huge achievement.) I’m in the middle of Alan Gratz’s middle-grade novel Refugee—it’s heartbreaking, brilliant, and un-put-downable.

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Superfudge

He knows a lot of big words, but he doesn't know where babies come from. He's never heard of a stork, but he plans to be a bird when he grows up. He's Superfudge, otherwise known as Farley Drexel Hatcher. And, according to his older brother, Peter, the biggest pain invented. Among other things.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Margaret Simon, almost 12, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She's just moved from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends -- Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret is happy to belong.

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing mashed potatoes on the walls at Hamburger Heaven, or scribbling all over Peter's homework, he's never far from trouble. He's a two-year-old terror who gets away with everything, and Peter's had enough.

Refugee

This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge. Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe.